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Clarification of Social Support
Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2005Purpose: To clarify the concept of social support. Design: Template Verification and Expansion Model. Methods: Meta‐synthesis strategies. Findings: Social support is composed of emotional and instrumental support ...
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Social Support or Biosocial Support?
Criminal Justice and Behavior, 2013There is growing interest in examining whether the findings generated from biosocial studies of crime can be integrated into existing criminological theories. To this point, however, not much empirical research has focused on this possibility. The current study addresses this gap in the literature by examining the nexus between biosocial criminology ...
Kevin M. Beaver +2 more
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A Test of the Social Support Hypothesis
British Journal of Psychiatry, 1987As a test of the social support hypothesis, highly anxious primiparous mothers were assigned in the post-natal stage to either a professional intervention, a lay intervention or to a control group. It was hypothesised that those receiving an active intervention (be it lay or professional assistance) would become less anxious as a consequence of a ...
G, Parker, B, Barnett
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Social support and pregnancy outcome
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1990Summary. A total of 509 women with a history of a low‐birthweight (LBW, <2500 g) baby were recruited from the antenatal booking clinics of four hospitals and randomized to receive either a social support intervention in pregnancy in addition to standard antenatal care (the intervention group) or standard antenatal care only (the control group).
A, Oakley, L, Rajan, A, Grant
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Delivery of social support: The social inoculation.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1982A review of the literature on health breakdown and susceptibility to mental and physical illness points to a pervasive relationship between health status and the insufficiency or disruption of interpersonal ties. Social marginality and loss are commonly associated with high incidence of breakdown in diverse forms.
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The Social Support Social Dissupport Continuum
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 1988A person's network embodies "the good, the bad, and the ugly" of all social relationships. The nature of these relationships may be conceptualized as a continuum between social support and social dissupport. Social support, as a product of relationships that facilitate growth, generates self-esteem and assists in assuming appropriate societal roles ...
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Categorization and Social Norms Support
2008Social Norms proliferate in societies as a mechanism for self-organization. This kind of norms are not enforced by a central authority and the individuals of the society are those responsible for their generation and maintenance. The maintenance process is what is known as norm support and is supported by several mechanisms like for example laws ...
Daniel Villatoro, Jordi Sabater-Mir
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Private support and social securityPrivate support and social security
Journal of Population Economics, 1998The issue is addressed whether assistance to persons in need can be left to the `family' and the `community'. In that case people depend on their social networks. The support a person receives through a given network of social ties is examined. However, ties are diverse and subject to change.
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Nursing Research, 1987
The Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ) was developed in 1981 to measure situational and perceived social support. This article presents the history of its development and the latest psychometric evaluation of the tool. Nurturance subscale items were rewritten to reflect a broader context of behaviors toward persons of any age.
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The Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ) was developed in 1981 to measure situational and perceived social support. This article presents the history of its development and the latest psychometric evaluation of the tool. Nurturance subscale items were rewritten to reflect a broader context of behaviors toward persons of any age.
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2006
Abstract Group living is perhaps the most significant adaptation of primate species, including human beings. Whereas other animals are armed with weapons, such as sharp teeth or claws, and defensive resources, such as thick skin and speed, primate species depend critically on group living for survival (Caporeal, 1997; Dunbar, 1996). This
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Abstract Group living is perhaps the most significant adaptation of primate species, including human beings. Whereas other animals are armed with weapons, such as sharp teeth or claws, and defensive resources, such as thick skin and speed, primate species depend critically on group living for survival (Caporeal, 1997; Dunbar, 1996). This
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